Influence of Beetroot Juice Ingestion on Neuromuscular Performance on Semi-Professional Female Rugby Players: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Beetroot juice (BRJ) is considered an ergogenic aid with good to strong evidence for improving human performance in sport modalities with similar demands to rugby. However, most of the studies were realized in male athletes with limited evidence in female athletes. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore the acute ingestion of BRJ in female rugby players.

Methods

Fourteen semi-professional female rugby players (25.0 ± 3.7 years) belonging to a team from the First Spanish Female Rugby Division participated in this study. Participants were randomly divided into two groups that realized a neuromuscular battery after BRJ (140mL, 12.8 mmol NO₃^-) or placebo (PLAC, 140 mL, 0.08 mmol NO₃^-) ingestion on two different days separat

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Samanes A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9689822 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature